Materials for the journal came from Russia: the artists share their articles, with slides of their works, art history character. Many disappeared without a trace in the process of transfer, so each room had to do a variety of materials:
"Unfortunately, no room" AZ "was not planned and is ideally placed as thought. Constantly had to make compromises between what would be an ideal number but is not available at this time, and the fact that there is a stock. Sometimes I compared myself with a chef who must prepare edible dish of the three fishes, two bundles of carrots and chocolate, good in themselves, but almost unconnected products. " (I. Shelkovskiy Journal on the sill "
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The magazine was not politicized, but nevertheless valiant service of the KGB were on the alert. And many artists asked Shelkovsky no longer print in the journal of their work, for example, a letter Francisco Infante.